‘North Star’ And ‘ Gonzo Girl’ Reviews: Kristin Scott Thomas And Patricia Arquette Help Open Toronto Film Festival With Impressive Directorial Debuts
deadline.comIt is never a normal “opening night” when it comes to the Toronto Film Festival which is offering numerous films including the much anticipated Hayao Miyizaki film The Boy And The Heron which is the key opening night gala, but there are others including two exceptional directorial debuts from celebrated veteran stars Kristin Scott Thomas and Patricia Arquette making it all a very memorable kickoff for TIFF on many fronts.
In fact this is a festival this year featuring numerous premieres of films either marking the first time an actor has gone behind the camera as Thomas and Arquette have done respectively with Special Presentation North Star, and Arquette has done with the Discovery Section opener Gonzo Girl, or taking their latest shot as a director.
In the coming days we will also have Anna Kendrick’s Woman Of The Hour; Viggo Mortensen’s sophomore feature The Dead Don’t Hurt; Ethan Hawke’s Wildcat; Chris Pine’s Poolman; Tony Goldwyn’s Ezra; Finn Wolfhard co-directing Hell Of A Summer; and Michael Keaton’s directing debut Knox Goes Away.
And that isn’t even a complete list. However tonight’s films by two of the best actors in the business augur well even as their fellow actors are sidelined by the SAG/AFTRA strike that is sadly keeping many of them away from Toronto this year.
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